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Faster Payments: Does The Fed Have A Hidden Agenda?

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Take two announcements from just last week, related to the evolution of faster payments in the U.S. First, there was the Fed’s decision to slow faster payments progress via Same Day ACH because it wasn’t ready to approve another processing window during the day. A Couple of Important Dots.

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B2B Payments Remains Without A Clear Picture Of Faster Payments’ Impact

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Faster and real-time payments are generally considered a benefit for the consumer payments world. finally making inroads in its faster payments initiatives, it’s now time to see whether faster payments will make their way into the B2B sphere too. Another faster payments service in the U.S.,

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TRENDING: Inside Hong Kong’s New Faster Payment System

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In the November Faster Payments Tracker , PYMNTS details the latest payments system debuts and updates. Around The Faster Payments World. Recently, NACHA — The Electronic Payments Association approved three new rules to update Same Day ACH services. Faster Payments.

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Payments’ Role In The Fourth Industrial Revolution

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To get a sense of where faster payments are headed, look to the consumer. There are dozens of faster payment schemes rooted or taking shape around the world — 54 at last count. That’s a staggering leap from the 14 live faster payment schemes that existed worldwide in 2014, when FIS first released Flavors of Fast.

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Does Everyone Win With Faster Payments?

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The March edition of the PYMNTS Faster Payments Tracker TM , powered by NACHA, covers the latest news and developments in the Faster Payments world, including the most recent notable player forays with the blockchain, like IBM ’s recent announcement of Blockchain-as-a-Service. The Power Of Payments.

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Meeting Consumer Demand With Speed-Of-Life Payments

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Direct deposits, push payments, eWallets, same-day ACH transfers, PayPal, Zelle and myriad other platforms and tools are now second nature. But, with this progress comes friction in the form of a payments patchwork. From millennials to baby boomers, all want payments to keep up with their lifestyles.

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Sleepless In Payments

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Who decides on those standards, and what does the payments industry do in the meantime to protect consumers and themselves from that type of fraud? SHOULD WE BE MAKING PAYMENTS FASTER? The financial services world is awash in the faster payments narrative. Here in the U.S., Instantly, and irrevocably.